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2014-04-08
Fake Contractor Bags 4 Years Jail Term
For allegedly lodging and feeding himself at Peak Hotel, Ilorin for six days, accumulating a wage bill of N37,150, a 'contractor', Adekunle Adetunji, 40, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by an Ilorin Magis...
For allegedly lodging and feeding himself at Peak Hotel, Ilorin for six days, accumulating a wage bill of N37,150, a 'contractor', Adekunle Adetunji, 40, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by an Ilorin Magis...
Kabba/Ilorin Road Construction to Begin
The Federal Ministry of Works will on Thursday commence the reconstruction of the Kabba/Ilorin road. Minister of Works, Mike Onolimemeh, disclosed this in his letters of invitation to stakeholders in Kogi and K...
The Federal Ministry of Works will on Thursday commence the reconstruction of the Kabba/Ilorin road. Minister of Works, Mike Onolimemeh, disclosed this in his letters of invitation to stakeholders in Kogi and K...
Nigerian lawyers canvass complete independence of Judiciary
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ilorin branch, on Monday reiterated the call for independence of the judiciary to ensure entrenchment of democracy and rule of law in the country. The Chairman, NBA, IIorin br...
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ilorin branch, on Monday reiterated the call for independence of the judiciary to ensure entrenchment of democracy and rule of law in the country. The Chairman, NBA, IIorin br...
New Couple Arraigned for Adultery
A farmer, Jafar Umar, and his new wife, Rukayat, were on Tuesday arraigned in a Kosubosu Area Court in Kwara for alleged adultery. The duo were arraigned for adultery contrary to sections 387 and 388 of th...
A farmer, Jafar Umar, and his new wife, Rukayat, were on Tuesday arraigned in a Kosubosu Area Court in Kwara for alleged adultery. The duo were arraigned for adultery contrary to sections 387 and 388 of th...
Court Fixes May 23 For Ruling On Defected Governors' Motion
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 23, 2014 for ruling on the motion filed by five governors, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Co...
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 23, 2014 for ruling on the motion filed by five governors, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Co...
In Kwara, cleanliness is everybody's business
Unlike what obtains in many towns where grime and dirt are part and parcel of the environment, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, is refreshingly different. SULAIMON OLANREWAJU reports. The first thing that strik...
Unlike what obtains in many towns where grime and dirt are part and parcel of the environment, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, is refreshingly different. SULAIMON OLANREWAJU reports. The first thing that strik...
APC Youths Explain Reasons For Defecting To PDP
The All Progressive Congress (APC)Youth Frontier in Abuja, said it had defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) due to identified injustice and abnormalities in the APC. Mr Usman Austin, the National Coo...
The All Progressive Congress (APC)Youth Frontier in Abuja, said it had defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) due to identified injustice and abnormalities in the APC. Mr Usman Austin, the National Coo...
Kwara Seeks Emirate's Support on Polio.
The Kwara State Immunisation Officer, Hajia Hajarat Suleiman, has solicited the support of Ilorin Emirate in the fight against polio. While on a sensitization visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari,...
The Kwara State Immunisation Officer, Hajia Hajarat Suleiman, has solicited the support of Ilorin Emirate in the fight against polio. While on a sensitization visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari,...
House c'ttee chair hails Jonathan over Kabba-Ilorin road.
DEPUTY Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on ICT, Tajudeen Yusuf, yesterday hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for awarding the contract for the re-construction of Kabba-Ilorin road. Yusuf commended...
DEPUTY Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on ICT, Tajudeen Yusuf, yesterday hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for awarding the contract for the re-construction of Kabba-Ilorin road. Yusuf commended...
39 Illegal Estramural Centres Shut Down in Kwara
Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago, yesterday said the state government recently closed down 39 extramural centres for operating illegally. Onimago told ...
Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago, yesterday said the state government recently closed down 39 extramural centres for operating illegally. Onimago told ...
Save Our Jobs: Workers of Kwara Express Appeal to Govt
Workers of Kwara State Transport Corporation, otherwise known as Kwara Express, have appealed to the state government to safe their jobs over the alleged plan by the management of Harmony Holdings Limited to se...
Workers of Kwara State Transport Corporation, otherwise known as Kwara Express, have appealed to the state government to safe their jobs over the alleged plan by the management of Harmony Holdings Limited to se...
2014-04-07
Kwara PDP ward congress: One dies, seven arrested.
One person was feared dead while two people were wounded during the ward congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command...
One person was feared dead while two people were wounded during the ward congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command...
Expert tasks FG on 500 unemployed Nigeria pilots.
Capt. Nogie Meggison wants the Federal Government to put in a place a proactive policy that will address the projected 500 unemployed Nigerian licensed pilots and engineers. He also called for a policy t...
Capt. Nogie Meggison wants the Federal Government to put in a place a proactive policy that will address the projected 500 unemployed Nigerian licensed pilots and engineers. He also called for a policy t...
When North-Central PDP leaders met Jonathan.
LEON USIGBE writes on the recent visit of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and stakeholders in the North-Central to President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, where they briefed him on the situ...
LEON USIGBE writes on the recent visit of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and stakeholders in the North-Central to President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, where they briefed him on the situ...
Judiciary financial autonomy not operational in 34 states - Ojibara
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Mobolaji Ojibara, has said that 34 out of the 36 states in Nigeria had yet to implement financial autonomy for the judiciary. According to him only B...
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Mobolaji Ojibara, has said that 34 out of the 36 states in Nigeria had yet to implement financial autonomy for the judiciary. According to him only B...
Kwara NUJ begins competition
Ahead of the 2014 Press Week, all is now set for the maiden edition of a feature writing and debate competition organized by the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists for students of Mass Communicat...
Ahead of the 2014 Press Week, all is now set for the maiden edition of a feature writing and debate competition organized by the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists for students of Mass Communicat...
Opinion - Bukola Saraki and Change Melody: The Antithesis of a Town Crier. By Abubakar Baba Sulaiman.
It is strange how Kwara APC adopted the motto 'change', stranger that Bukola Saraki accepted to be using same for a call for political 're-branding' in his own state. I have heard people sprout 'change' and I have asked, ...
It is strange how Kwara APC adopted the motto 'change', stranger that Bukola Saraki accepted to be using same for a call for political 're-branding' in his own state. I have heard people sprout 'change' and I have asked, ...
Opinion: Kwara and the fallacy of 'freedom'. By Abdulraman Salam
The political tempo is gradually rising as the 2015 general elections draw near with the two dominant political parties, the PDP and APC jostling for power. In the bid to control the narrative, both parties have begun i...
The political tempo is gradually rising as the 2015 general elections draw near with the two dominant political parties, the PDP and APC jostling for power. In the bid to control the narrative, both parties have begun i...
Ahmed, Other Defected Govs Resume Legal Battle to Avert Removal.
Five governors who defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, will today begin the legal battle to avert their removal from offices at the Federal H...
Five governors who defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, will today begin the legal battle to avert their removal from offices at the Federal H...
Senate: Fresh plot against Saraki, Goje, others
Senate President David Mark is under immense pressure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate caucus to read the letter from the 12 defected senators. With the new plot, should Mark read the letter, the nex...
Senate President David Mark is under immense pressure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate caucus to read the letter from the 12 defected senators. With the new plot, should Mark read the letter, the nex...
Proposed defection bill unsettles aggrieved PDP senators.
The decision of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution to alter sections 68 and 109 in the proposed amendments is currently generating ripples in the upper chamber. The committee, led by ...
The decision of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution to alter sections 68 and 109 in the proposed amendments is currently generating ripples in the upper chamber. The committee, led by ...
Nigerian tertiary education not below Ghana, I'Coast, Malaysia - Unilorin VC
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali has said that the education content of universities in Ghana, Malaysia and Ivory Coast was not better than that of Nigeria. In a media chat with ...
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali has said that the education content of universities in Ghana, Malaysia and Ivory Coast was not better than that of Nigeria. In a media chat with ...
SARAKI, BARAJE HAIL KWARA APC WARD CONGRESSES
Former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki has hailed the peaceful conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses which held at the weekend. Saraki joined his ward members in Ajikobi w...
Former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki has hailed the peaceful conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses which held at the weekend. Saraki joined his ward members in Ajikobi w...
5 robbery suspects remanded in Ilorin prison
Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded five suspects for alleged armed robbery. They are, Abdullahi Lanre, 23, Mahmud Ridwan, 20, Idowu Makanjuola, 23, Tunde Sheu, 25, and Mustapha Wasiu, 28 Prosecut...
Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded five suspects for alleged armed robbery. They are, Abdullahi Lanre, 23, Mahmud Ridwan, 20, Idowu Makanjuola, 23, Tunde Sheu, 25, and Mustapha Wasiu, 28 Prosecut...
MIYYETI ALLAH HAILS KWARA GOVT OVER GRAZING RESERVES
Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACABAN), Kwara State, Alhaji Usman Adamu, has welcomed plans by the state government to establish grazing reserves for herdsmen. He sa...
Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACABAN), Kwara State, Alhaji Usman Adamu, has welcomed plans by the state government to establish grazing reserves for herdsmen. He sa...
2014-04-06
Kwara APC holds ward congresses.
The ward congresses of the All Progressive Congress (APC) held across the country yesterday went peacefully with most of the leaders emerging through consensus arrangement in the. In Kwara, one of the leaders of the party...
The ward congresses of the All Progressive Congress (APC) held across the country yesterday went peacefully with most of the leaders emerging through consensus arrangement in the. In Kwara, one of the leaders of the party...
Kabba/Ilorin road: Works ministry to kick off construction April 10.
The Federal Ministry of Works will, on April 10, perform the official kick off of the reconstruction of Kabba/Ilorin road which is being undertaken by the ministry. Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onolimeme...
The Federal Ministry of Works will, on April 10, perform the official kick off of the reconstruction of Kabba/Ilorin road which is being undertaken by the ministry. Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onolimeme...
'Defecting PDP senators' and their tormentors
The Federal High Court judgment which advised the 37 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the House of Representatives who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, brought humour in the Senate,...
The Federal High Court judgment which advised the 37 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the House of Representatives who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, brought humour in the Senate,...
2014-04-05
Incorporate herdsmen in PCRC - Kwara CP
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, has directed all divisional police officers (DPOs) in the state to incorporate Fulani herdsmen in their Police Community Relations Committees (PCRC). The commiss...
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, has directed all divisional police officers (DPOs) in the state to incorporate Fulani herdsmen in their Police Community Relations Committees (PCRC). The commiss...
My Wife Lacks Manners, Husband Tells Court.
An Ilorin Area Court on Friday dissolved the five-year-old marriage between one Aliyu Mukaila and his wife, Jemilat, over the latter’s bad manners. Aliyu, 43, a resident of Alore Area of Ilorin, had app...
An Ilorin Area Court on Friday dissolved the five-year-old marriage between one Aliyu Mukaila and his wife, Jemilat, over the latter’s bad manners. Aliyu, 43, a resident of Alore Area of Ilorin, had app...
APC ward congress: Police deploy 3200 personnel in Kwara.
The Kwara Police Command has deployed 3, 200 personnel to ensure peaceful ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday. The Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Asaibor, disclosed this to the...
The Kwara Police Command has deployed 3, 200 personnel to ensure peaceful ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday. The Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Asaibor, disclosed this to the...
PDP can't recapture Kwara - Baraje
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday said it is impossible for the Peoples Democratic Party to recapture Kwara State in the 2015 elections. President Goodluck Jonathan...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday said it is impossible for the Peoples Democratic Party to recapture Kwara State in the 2015 elections. President Goodluck Jonathan...
Unilorin students lament mass failure
Students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Ilorin, Kwara State, are reeling from the results of their first semester examination which was recently released by the institution. Students who spoke with P....
Students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Ilorin, Kwara State, are reeling from the results of their first semester examination which was recently released by the institution. Students who spoke with P....
Kwara denies barring commissioners from granting interviews.
The Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tunji Moronfoye, has said that the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has not banned commissioners in the state from granting interviews on issues p...
The Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tunji Moronfoye, has said that the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has not banned commissioners in the state from granting interviews on issues p...
I never had problems with PDP but with Saraki - Belgore
Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), Action Congress of Nigeria’s governorship candidate in Kwara State during the 2011 election explains his latest controversial defection to the Peoples Democratic Party in this interview ...
Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), Action Congress of Nigeria’s governorship candidate in Kwara State during the 2011 election explains his latest controversial defection to the Peoples Democratic Party in this interview ...
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